GCSE

Andrew Griffiths: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many and what proportion of pupils in each ethnic group and each school in the UK who did not have statements of special educational needs and who were (a) eligible and (b) not eligible for free school meals did not achieve an A* to C grade in (i) English GCSE, (ii) mathematics GCSE and (iii) English and mathematics GSCE in the most recent year for which figures are available.

Elizabeth Truss: holding answer 10 January 2013
	The tables provided give national figures by ethnic group. The Department for Education only holds this information for schools in England.
	Pupils' attainment by free school meal eligibility is not available at school level. Providing attainment figures at school level for ethnic groupings other than white would require significant suppression and this information could be provided only at a disproportionate cost.
	
		
			 National performance of pupils(1 )with no statements of special educational needs(2) and eligible for free school meals not attaining A* to C in English and/or mathematics at the end of Key Stage 4 
			 Year: 2010/11 (final data) 
			 Coverage: England (state-funded mainstream schools only)(3) 
			  Total number of pupils at the end of Key Stage 4 without a statement of SEN and eligible for free school meals Pupils who have not achieved GCSE English at A*-C Pupils who have not achieved GCSE maths at A'-C Pupils who have not achieved both GCSE English and maths at A*-C 
			 Ethnic group Number Number Percentage(4) Number Percentage(4) Number Percentage(4) 
			 While 49,258 26,932 54.7 29,482 59.9 33,190 67.4 
			 Mixed 3,520 1,480 42.0 1,776 50.5 2,020 57.4 
			 Asian 9,956 3,699 37.2 3,905 39.2 4,784 48.1 
			 Slack 7,471 3,025 40.5 3,308 44.3 3,986 53.4 
			 Chinese 156 35 22.4 17 10.9 38 24.4 
			 Other 2,078 853 41.0 792 38.1 1,034 49.8 
			 Unclassified 864 441 51.0 476 55.1 533 61.7 
			 (1) Includes attempts and achievements by these pupils in previous academic years. (2) Pupils with no statement of SEN include: School Action, School Action+, no identified SEN and unclassified pupils. (3) State-funded mainstream schools include the following mainstream school types: LA maintained schools, CTCs, academies and free schools. (4) Percentage is calculated as a percentage of the total number of pupils at the end of Key Stage 4 without a statement of SEN and eligible for free school meals. Source: 2011 Secondary School Performance Tables data (post-errata) 
		
	
	
		
			 National performance of pupils(1) with no statements of special educational needs(2) and not eligible for free school meals not attaining A* to C in English and/or mathematics at the end of Key Stags 4 
			 Year: 2010/11 (final data) 
			 Coverage: England (state-funded mainstream schools only)(3) 
			  Total number of pupils at the end of Key Stage 4 without a statement of SEN not eligible for free school meals(4) Pupils who have not achieved GCSE English at A-C Pupils who have not achieved GCSE maths at A*-C Pupils who have not achieved both GCSE English and maths at A*-C 
			 Ethnic group Number Number Percentage(5) Number Percentage(5) Number Percentage(5) 
			 White 397,092 100,569 25.3 118,475 29.8 142,902 36.0 
			 Mixed 14,564 3,323 22.8 4,247 29.2 5,048 34.7 
			 Asian 32,164 7,957 24.7 7,886 24.5 10,484 32.6 
			 Black 17,135 4,500 26.3 5,563 32.5 6,672 38.9 
			 Chinese 2,110 380 18.0 125 5.9 418 19.8 
			 Other 4,590 1,635 35.6 1,444 31.5 1,939 42.2 
		
	
	
		
			 Unclassified 4,652 1,229 26.4 1,454 31.3 1,739 37.4 
			 (1) Includes attempts and achievements by these pupils in previous academic years. (2) Pupils with no statement of SEN include: School Action, School Action+, no identified SEN and unclassified pupils. (3) State-funded mainstream schools include the following mainstream school types: LA maintained schools, CTCs, academies and free schools. (4) Those not eligible for free school meals (FSM) includes those pupils with status unclassified. FSM eligibility is taken as that given in the spring school census. (5) Percentage is calculated as a percentage of the total number of pupils at the end of Key Stage 4 without a statement of SEN and not eligible for free school meals. Source: 2011 Secondary School Performance Tables data (post-errata)